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I feel like my position on AI is sort of like being a person who thinks a tiny bit of mayonnaise on a sandwich can be great, in a world where people are trying to sell sandwiches that are two slices of white bread and a half cup of mayo.
I get why you want to burn down the mayo factory.
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Please tell me that I'm not the only person who was confused about what Multiprotocol Label Switching had anything to do with this.
Please 🥺
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If you were presenting an idea at work, and a colleague argued against it by saying that you used 16 squares of toilet paper last time you used the bathroom, the correct response is not to defend your wiping habits, it's to say "why do you know that and why do you care, you weird asshole."
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I feel like in a less absurd world, they'd represent a "conservative" center, protecting an established system by preventing abuse. Sort of like a fire marshal, their job is to keep things from burning down, not to design newer better buildings. And that's okay, the fire marshal is still important.
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It's a little frustrating to think back to being a teenager and trying to learn how to focus and study, but nothing worked. Sitting in a quiet room with no distractions felt like torture.
But with medication, that same room allows my brain to relax and let me *choose* to focus on something.
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It's probably just my eyes being blurry in the morning and the characters looked better when I held my phone closer to my face.
But still, that bandit certainly has that je ne sais quoi.
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It's weird, my first reaction was that I didn't care for the art style, then I got a close look at the Bastard Bandit and thought "I like that guy" and then the rest of my brain caught up and decided that no, actually this art style is good.
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Perfidy! My dastardly plot has been foiled once again!
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Too late, sucker! I've already put them up on eBay
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One thing that I think people fall for is the way bigots use euphemism. They say "illegals" when they're talking about Mexicans, "terrorists" when they talk about Muslims, etc.
It's obvious if you listen closely, but normal shmucks don't pick up on it and really think that they're on the right side.
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I used to drive a Smart Car, and it was honestly a delightful car. It was surprisingly roomy, easy to park, and it got me to and from work.
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Obviously he meant it in a vexillological sense, i.e., putting a thing on top of another thing.
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The eggshells part of this is really weird to me. Maybe I'm friends with unusually chill trans people, but the worst backlash I ever experienced was when someone politely told me that the term "transgendered" is not preferred by most people.
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I really wish I'd gotten into it younger. It's a great artistic outlet and good on-ramp to greater artistic endeavors.
When I'm president, every high schooler will graduate with a fully painted 2000 point army.
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In any case, I still think your art is really cool. Thank you for making it!
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Over the course of a few years he went from getting in fights with Legislative district chairs, to threatening lawsuits to anyone who used a donkey in their logo, to believing that he was secretly married to Ivanka Trump and receiving coded messages via her wardrobe. Security is a good idea.
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I'm really sorry to hear about this. I knew a guy who did a lot of political volunteering and over the course of a few years he went from weird, to harassment, to violently dangerous.
And it's awful because I know about mental illness. I know he needed help. It's both terrifying and tragic.
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Really?! You're credited in my copy of the book.
I wonder what happened, I definitely wouldn't be surprised if you were at least on a few artist's mood-boards.
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I saw this and found myself thinking about how cool it'd be if it was a giant robot, and then I checked the art credits for LANCER and realized why my brain made the connection.
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The song is too powerful and my brain forced it to be pronounced as Mod-er-ate-ees
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I don't think I want to watch Cool As Ice, but for people who have seen it: How's the cinematography in it?
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Gonna try this recipe asap
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Follow status alert!
My follow status for you is: unchanged
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As a former troop, yeah, this lady kicks ass.
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It could be 41/8 = 5.125 which rounds up to +413%
But if they don't include any actual numbers I think it's safe to assume it's made up.
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As someone who has built their entire understanding of the world based on video games, I have to assume this is like HELIOS One in Fallout and that the solar panels are used to charge an orbital death ray.
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This headline mentions "intensified scrutiny" but maybe you should apply that same level of scrutiny to the headline itself and see if it meets basic standards of honesty and journalistic integrity.
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I remember that time that Maxine Waters nearly killed Michael Tracey with a vertebreaker.
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That's the Arson hotline for people who were wondering
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This is the sort of thing that shows that the normal understanding of the word "violence" is insufficient.
If the violence is spread out over time and space, slowly poisoning people, we just tolerate it.
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And sure, watching educational YouTube is great, but I really think people would benefit from having a few months every 5 or 10 years. Like with math, kids always say "when are we ever going to use this?" Let's get them back in the classroom and see if it seems more relevant.
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I started thinking about this while discussing Mark Cuban's weird federal reserve post with my wife, and she didn't know what the reserve does, even though she took econ in college.
She caught up quickly, remembering things like "prime rate." But I think life experience helped her conceptualize it.
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If you don't understand, it's probably a better idea to reach out to an expert than to ask social media.
If you live near a university, you might consider sending an email or making a call. I've had great luck with scientific questions, and I'm sure you can get help with this one too.
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Do not start "combining" items while under the influence.
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The version of the thought experiment I first heard was, could a man who was trained from birth in a martial arts monastery dedicated to fighting gorillas, and aided by researchers who specialize in gorilla anatomy etc., at their physical peak take on a gorilla. (no)
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I once was trying to find information about mental health issues that specifically affected children e.g. attachment to a "blankie" but I also didn't want to accidentally ruin my week by reading about sexual abuse. ChatGPT was a good fit, and I could verify the results using the provided terminology
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That's a really neat article. I know it's not the same thing as disability, but I've been thinking a lot about my job where I work with people across multiple time zones.
This sometimes creates barriers that don't need to exist, but nobody cares to fix them. It's easy to just say "stay up late"
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Oh shit, I was trying to find it! Thank you!
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Ok, my interest is piqued. Can you recommend a recipe?
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I thought I was pretty optimistic about AI, but I look around at other people pushing AI and it's absurd.
It'd be like someone inventing the power drill, being excited about drilling, and then everyone else is trying to glue paintbrushes to the end and paint a house.
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I guess if we're doing magic genie wishes, sure, why not? But this is that I think it's the single point that would do the most.
I think a lot of weird political stuff comes from people pushing down their own issues and redirecting to weird stuff like "fighting against woke in video games.""
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My personal "if you could enact one political program genie wish" is that every person should get free therapy. Maybe just once a year as a check-in, but every week if needed.
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How did this happen? You obviously didn't look it up, which means you must have felt extremely confident that there were no successful trans male athletes.
Maybe you heard it from a source you trust? A friend, family member or news commentator?
Maybe they're a bad source of info on this subject.
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In a pun sense, rooting would absolutely cover the "skill" you had in mind. Same with gardening, and maybe routin' tedious activities
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Rootin':
Finding a path, riding a horse, navigating complex legal contracts, etc.
Tootin':
Playing music, passing gas, tutoring, etc.
Shootin':
Playing pool or darts, drinking small glasses of liquor, expressing disappointment, etc.
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Just yesterday I was thinking about writing up a 1 page RPG with just three stats:
Rootin'
Tootin'
Shootin'
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It's time for more morphing.
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I've been painting that guy! There's so many little details though.